Work & commute · Savage

Work & commute in Savage, MN

Most working residents leave Savage for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (12%), Bloomington (8%) and Burnsville (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,054 of 16,961 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,907 Savage residents head out of town to work, 1,054 work right here, and 7,635 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Savage.

15,907live here, work elsewhere

1,054live and work here

7,635work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Savage goes to work

Minneapolis14.9 mi away

12%2,067

Bloomington5.4 mi away

8%1,405

Burnsville4.2 mi away

8%1,286

Eden Prairie7.8 mi away

7%1,195

Savage (in town)right here

6%1,054

Edina9.1 mi away

5%861

Shakopee5.5 mi away

5%860

St. Paul18.3 mi away

5%768

Eagan10.6 mi away

4%608

Prior Lake4.4 mi away

3%491

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%6,366

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Savage commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%

45%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Savage is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Savage are

8,689 jobs are based in Savage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Savage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Savage

8,689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Savage residents hold

16,961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+47%

Jobs based in Savage, 2013 → 2023: 5,926 → 8,689. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.